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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

10,000 Birds

As a result of the funding mechanisms whereby state agencies rely on hunter purchase of hunting tags to maintain operations, these bureaucracies are not going to promote predators in the face of opposition from hunters.”. Exploitation (and depletion) of wild living resources should no longer be subsidized by governments.

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Soccer Player Kicks Owl on Field?

10,000 Birds

Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird , Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network. But the disregard for animals that leads to teams using a live owl as a mascot…and having so little control over it that it got onto the field during play?

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40 Ways to Help Lab Animals

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This information includes research topics, funding amounts, types of animals used, and the number of years the project has been funded. A valuable new resource has recently entered the information superhighway. It is not a free country for animals in laboratories, but it is a comparatively free one for you. Get FOIAed Up!

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On "Animal Activism"

Animal Person

The tactics have made PeTA "the largest animal advocacy group" "with more than 2 million members across the globe." And not necessarily for animals. And I don't see how they further our goal of getting humans to realize that nonhumans are not resources for them to exploit. The tactics that have worked have worked for PeTA.

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Race for the Rescues

4 The Love Of Animals

Our rescued pets give us constant companionship and unconditional love, and these animal rescue groups are too often short on the necessary resources to give the best care these animals need. Race for the Rescues originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on September 14, 2009. Tags: events.

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On Coping Mechanisms

Animal Person

And part of meeting my own needs, by the way, is the need to care for animals who have been discarded. I rescue, I adopt, I do TNR, and I connect others to resources to do the same. Tags: Activism Current Affairs. And I can't fulfill my purpose if I'm a mess and I've lost my ability to be effective. So I take care of myself.

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Animal Rights is Pernicious Nonsense?

Animal Person

But if you're on the outside, and you're hostile to the idea of respecting the natural lives of sentient nonhumans and you see them only as resources to be managed, might you have a similar idea? Perhaps Latimer should read some of Responsible Policies for Animals ' literature (like Factsheet #4 , about deer kills and ecosystems).